I think dragonfly needs to a better job of "selling the dream" with specific use cases and a plan of how to get there from here, to enlist some fellow dreamers. Maybe even some dreamers with a business plan that builds on the dream.

Hard to "sell the dream" when the system does not yet implement its ultimate goals.

I fear Dragonfly may end up being Plan 9 V2, a technically superiorly designed os by brilliant engineers, that isn't better enough than its predecessor.

There is something wrong with that? The important thing is that the ideas get tested, and the best of them will likely end up being incorporated in more mainstream systems at some future point in time.

I am quite sure that no one involved in the DragonFly Project has any illusion about taking over the world.

Regardless, it is one of my favorites and I am always very impressed with the progress made by such a small team.